[Leica] Re: I'm baffled

[Jim Brick <jimbrick@photoaccess.com>]

Thanks Nathan

Jim

At 05:56 PM 5/20/99 +0200, you wrote:
>Jim,
>
>I agree to a large extent with your bafflement. I still remember the
>amazement I felt in April 98 when I looked at my first Leica slides on
>the light table, taken with the 35mm Summicron. Indeed the lenses are
>the principal reason for my switch to Leica, and I will happily put my
>Summicron on some future non-Leica body but not the other way around.
>
>However, I see two reasons for buying non-Leica lenses:
>
>1) The focal length is not made by Leica. This is why I just ordered the
>15mm Heliar.
>2) Cost differences for rarely used focal length. Let's say that you are
>a telephoto kind of guy and shoot all of your pictures with lenses 50mm
>and up. Let's say that you want a 28mm lens for the rare occasion where
>a wide angle is appropriate for your photography. You know that these
>occasions are rare, and since you have a limited budget, you buy the
>Ricoh GR lens. Because you will not be using it much you do not want to
>spend a lot, and the small size also attracts you.
>
>So, while I would also be baffled to see someone buy an M6 and put a
>non-Leica lens on it for their primary photography, I can imagine a
>scenario where you do it with a rarely-used focal length.
>
>Nathan